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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,499 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:41 AM 4 hrs ago

House Republicans call to investigate Bad Bunny Super Bowl show over 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts'

https://ew.com/house-republicans-call-for-investigation-of-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-11904174


House Republicans call to investigate Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show over 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts'

Rep. Mark Alford said the fallout "could be much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."

Two days out, Bad Bunny's epic Super Bowl halftime show, which featured cameos from stars such as Lady Gaga, Pedro Pascal, and Ricky Martin, is still getting a lot of attention, especially from Republican lawmakers. They were not entertained.

By Monday, one of the detractors, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), asked officials to look into the performance, which he called "pure smut" that he claimed was "illegal to be displayed on public airways."


Ogles cited "choreography featuring overtly sexualized movements, including widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts and other sexually suggestive conduct."

He is, therefore, "requesting that the Energy and Commerce Committee launch a formal congressional inquiry into the National Football League and NBC immediately for their prior knowledge, deliberate approval, and facilitation of this indecent broadcast. American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."
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House Republicans call to investigate Bad Bunny Super Bowl show over 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts' (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago OP
But sex with a 13 year old girl is AOK. Norbert 4 hrs ago #1
Say the men who think raping children is fine. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #2
If I knew it was gonna be that smutty I woulda watched it. dameatball 4 hrs ago #3
And they will watch it over and over and over again until they can.......wait... His name is Ogles? Seriously? Srkdqltr 4 hrs ago #4
Ogles is probably offended because it turned him on PatSeg 4 hrs ago #5
But none mention billionaire and ex chairman of MoMa womanofthehills 3 hrs ago #15
There is so much more evil in the world PatSeg 3 hrs ago #19
I'm surprised they haven't dug up Jesse Helms and Storm Thurmond Submariner 4 hrs ago #6
Have they not watched Superbowl Halftime Shows over the past 20 years? haele 4 hrs ago #7
If you go on any social media site - anyone womanofthehills 3 hrs ago #17
Exactly. Most NFL teams have dance teams that do very similar moves tanyev 1 hr ago #24
The more they Pontificate and Scold on this, the more Culturally out of Ars Longa 4 hrs ago #8
Well you see, the problem is B.See 4 hrs ago #9
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean Ping Tung 3 hrs ago #10
He never saw Elvis, huh newdeal2 3 hrs ago #11
OMG! That was only in the very beginning of the show before he fell through the roof. Clouds Passing 3 hrs ago #12
I notice they never investigated JLo and Shakira D_Master81 3 hrs ago #13
Hell, Prince, for that matter. GoCubsGo 15 min ago #25
these troglodytes have been doing this shit since dirt - Nigrum Cattus 3 hrs ago #14
Nice find! leftstreet 3 hrs ago #16
Trump & the Republican party attempted a violent coup in 2021...on live television. LeftinOH 3 hrs ago #18
LMAO, having a corrupt pedophile criminal in the White House is literally mocking American culture. Initech 3 hrs ago #20
Really? I mean, I just can't...... Hey Joe 1 hr ago #21
Somewhere, the ghost of Elvis is laughing his balls off. n/t malthaussen 1 hr ago #22
Widespread Twerking? Isn't that the jam band that started in Athens, GA, in the 80s? Rob H. 1 hr ago #23
Most sports have some element of 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts' bucolic_frolic 9 min ago #26
There was more ass-shaking in the Levi's commercial than anything else that day,, RockRaven 9 min ago #27
Heather . . . Who? waldnorm 8 min ago #28

Srkdqltr

(9,562 posts)
4. And they will watch it over and over and over again until they can.......wait... His name is Ogles? Seriously?
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:52 AM
4 hrs ago

Ogles wants to watch more to make sure there was enough twerking.

PatSeg

(52,655 posts)
5. Ogles is probably offended because it turned him on
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:53 AM
4 hrs ago

Meanwhile, it is a nice distraction for republicans in congress, but it won't last long.

womanofthehills

(10,769 posts)
15. But none mention billionaire and ex chairman of MoMa
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:56 AM
3 hrs ago

Leon Black - Biting a 7 yr old on the vagina plus torturing other women - vaginally and anally till they are bleeding and screaming in horrible pain at Epstein’s NY apartment. (Epstein files) Leon Black has 4 kids. How does a father torture kids? Trump just did a favor for Black - hiring his son. Still good old boys.

And here is Steve Bannon (Epson Files) wanting to change Epstein’s image from pedo to philanthropist. These people are all more evil than we thought. Epstein files:

annon To Epstein: -->
"We need to work around your 38--first we need to push back on the lies; then crush the pedo/trafficking narrative; then rebuild your image as philanthropist"

PatSeg

(52,655 posts)
19. There is so much more evil in the world
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:04 AM
3 hrs ago

than I'd realized. It is a really hard adjustment as it all comes to the surface.

Submariner

(13,293 posts)
6. I'm surprised they haven't dug up Jesse Helms and Storm Thurmond
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:57 AM
4 hrs ago

those two racist ass crackers would luv this shit show their bigoted fascist descendants are howling about.

haele

(15,220 posts)
7. Have they not watched Superbowl Halftime Shows over the past 20 years?
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:59 AM
4 hrs ago

Or the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Lakers Girls in the 80's and 90's?
Or is it just because this was hot Latinos and Latinas that are close enough to being White it might affect their racist families?

Honestly, IMO, Sex and Sports have always gone together.
You have young adults who have built their bodies up to peak strength, confidence, and capabilities - which presents as attractive virility across all species.
So, complementary sexual interests will naturally follow.
People want to see strong, confident, and attractive people hook up, because that's what they want to imagine for themselves.
If they were just as young, strong, and confident, they can have their pick of the hot chicks and studs.

womanofthehills

(10,769 posts)
17. If you go on any social media site - anyone
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 11:02 AM
3 hrs ago

Copying any Michael Jackson move puts their hand on their crotch. You will see most male dancers do it whenever they dance to a MJ hit.

Obviously these guys are out of the loop.

tanyev

(48,912 posts)
24. Exactly. Most NFL teams have dance teams that do very similar moves
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:58 PM
1 hr ago

and wear much skimpier outfits than the Bad Bunny dancers, but the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are known as “America’s Sweethearts”.

Sure, let’s spend hours and hours of congressional time investigating so they can come up with legislation specifying exactly how much hip shaking is OK, and the exact parameters where it becomes offensive. They can also regulate the acceptable percentage of skin that can be exposed by an NFL cheerleader.

You know how much Republicans love regulation and the government telling privately owned businesses what they can and cannot do. Oh, wait…..

😒

Ars Longa

(499 posts)
8. The more they Pontificate and Scold on this, the more Culturally out of
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:02 AM
4 hrs ago

touch, and frankly Ridiculous, they look to a broad swath of the American People.

Ping Tung

(4,255 posts)
10. "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:11 AM
3 hrs ago
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain

Clouds Passing

(7,563 posts)
12. OMG! That was only in the very beginning of the show before he fell through the roof.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:50 AM
3 hrs ago

The symbology of that was to show the inanity of all the sexualization currently in pop music. When he fell through the roof his show became wholesome, family, and community based.

Creeps always gotta be creeping.

D_Master81

(2,417 posts)
13. I notice they never investigated JLo and Shakira
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:54 AM
3 hrs ago

As a red blooded male I had absolutely no problem with that performance but I notice when they were singing in Spanish and “grinding” no one was calling for congress to investigate. What a clown show the GOP has become.

GoCubsGo

(34,772 posts)
25. Hell, Prince, for that matter.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:53 PM
15 min ago

I still can't believe that there was barely a peep about how, in silhouette, the curvy projection on his guitar made it look like he had a long, snake-like penis sticking out of his pants at certain angles. Stunned jealousy, maybe?

Hey Joe

(513 posts)
21. Really? I mean, I just can't......
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 12:13 PM
1 hr ago

Of all the people to speak of impropriety and smut!
Magabillies are so upside down, inside out and backwards it is mind numbing.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Republicanism.

bucolic_frolic

(54,550 posts)
26. Most sports have some element of 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts'
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:59 PM
9 min ago

What would he make of a golf swing? Basketball shake 'n bake? Tackling for that matter?

Guy is in the business of sterilizing and denying the human condition.

RockRaven

(18,973 posts)
27. There was more ass-shaking in the Levi's commercial than anything else that day,,
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:59 PM
9 min ago

and the entire fucking sport is guys in skin tight pants lining up across from each other and bending over with their butts in the air every 40 seconds.

waldnorm

(185 posts)
28. Heather . . . Who?
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 02:00 PM
8 min ago

You know that outraged congresswoman that reacted to Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction"? Janet Jackson clearly got shamed and disappeared from the scene while Heather Wilson moved up high in politics . . . oh wait.

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